Author Oscar Hijuelos, the first Latino writer to win the Pulitzer Prize, has died aged 62. Oscar Hijuelos's agent, Jennifer…
A printing mix up led to early copies of the latest Bridget Jones book – Mad About the Boy -…
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013 was awarded to Canadian author Alice Munro "master of the contemporary short story". Alice…
A bill to support independent bookstores against competition from online retailers has been approved in France. The new laws will…
Spy novelist Tom Clancy, known to millions for his Jack Ryan series of novels, has died aged 66, his publisher…
A stroboscopic art installation in Pittsburgh has been temporarily closed after three visitors reported seizure-like symptoms. Zee by Kurt Hentschlager…
A Jacques-Louis David painting of Napoleon Bonaparte has been identified in New York by a University of Reading researcher. Previously…
Bridget Jones fans have expressed their horror at the news that author Helen Fielding has killed off Mark Darcy in…
Author Christopher John Koch, best known for writing The Year of Living Dangerously, has died of cancer in Tasmania at…
A Titian painting has been identified in a private collection in Europe. The 16th Century oil painting, The Risen Christ,…